The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-22
GENRRAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF Interest Gathered from Various
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VI ocIlal udNlSdtlOD, lis maCh1n9 is SAID
to be 200 feet long, and to obviate be-
| trayal OF his secret he had the apparatus
| constructed in different parts of Europe.
Three soldiers at Trapane, Italy, while
| performing disnfccting duty, were assailcd
by mob. One was forced to swallow the
| carbolic acid they were using and died from
The effects, and the other two were killed
| because they refused to drink it.
A small filibusterng expedition from
| Key West and islands in that vicinity has
landed In Cuba and defeated a party of 300
| Spanish soldiers near MatauzaS. Another
| Virginius affair may be looked for, and
then deal of government buster.
The Chattanooga, Tenn, Times reports
that the white, rust proof iron ore. hitherto
| found only in Sweden, has been discovered
| 1n the mountains near that city The ore
| is said to contain SO per cent of pure iron,
| while the BED is six feet thick and of great
extent. ''
The Rio Grandc River is ovcrflowing its
| banks and inundating large sections of
Texas. The little town of Edinburg, thirty
miles above Brownsville is threatened with
complete destruction. y number Of houses
have been moved away to escape the river.
At town near Chicago, while q funeral
procession was on its way TO the cemetery,
men was near the roadside firing at target
a bullet from rifle struck one of the lady
mourners, killing her instantly. The target
shooters were intoxicated
Intense excitement still prevails in Ire
land over the Mitchelstown affair La
| bouchere and others addressed an indigna-
tion meeting at Cork and Michael Davitt
spoke at Dublin. O'Brien was arrested for
refusing to pledge himself not to go to
England, but was released next day.
The murder Of Constable Whelan, by
the moonlightcrS last night in house near
Ennis, is q most fortunate occurrence for
the government, coming as it does directly
in the wake of the Mitchelston affair, when
the ministry is at their wits end to give
some reasonable explanation OF the unfor
tunatc atfray.
At Ballypooren, Tpperary, Ireland
Sunday, riot occurred in public house,
and the police used their batons freely on
the rioters. The latter, after tusslc, com
PEELED the police to retreat to their barracks.
from which few shots were fired at the
crowd. NO one was injured, however.
Several rioters were arrested.
Governor Foraker, in his speech at Cald-
WELL Ohio, said he had not, as ALLEGED.
compared President Cleveland to q whippcd
spaniel. He had too much respect for a
dog to make such comparison. The cor
respondent says this remark was chccrcd,
and that aftcrward there were three cheers
given Tor Foraker and three for the dog.
Eighteen barrels Of new Louisiana mo,
lasses, the first Of the season, were received
yesterday at New Orleans from St. John
BaptiSte parish, clasSed choice. IL was sold
at 80 cents per gallon This is the earliest
receipt of molasses ever known. Seven
hogSheadS OF sugar WeIe made from the
run, producing the mol0sseS above mcI.
toned.
The statement just prepared at the gen
eral land office shows that the quantity of
land restored to the public domain by thr
action OF the interior department under iHV
policy of President Cleveland is q 900, ,O0O
acres. This great territory is sufficient TO
furnish 13O, 900 settlers with farms Of 100
acres each. This is genuine land reform,
Il common sense and honest enforcement
OF the doctrine: The peoples land for
the people"
The miners Of The oOllielics OF the Mine.
raj Kailr0ad Company, the Union Conl
Company, tho Excelsior Coal ComDrn,-
the Enterprise Coal Company and the Car CIR,
neld Coal Company, at Shamokin, Pa.
nave struck for general advance It is
estimated that 10000 men are out on o
strike. The miners are thOroughly organ.
lzcd as knights of Labor and are PREPARED
for long lockout. No concessions were
offered on either side.
Washington 10 the Lest shaded CITY in the
World,. AT present there are G3, 900 shade
trees in It's streets, most of them in q
llourishing condition. OF this number %. =
800 are soft or white naples, S32 sugar and
black or southern naples, 2,7S6 Norway
naples, S64 scarlet or red, 422 sycamorcs
4'o43 sh,Icayed naples, 5,121 Amcrirau
llndens, 1850 Carolina pOplats, 5 3C5
American elms Europcan Gins and mixed
Gins, 4,19 sycamorcs, or butte wood, and
European plane trees, &c
Advices from China arc TO the effect tbot
at most OF the scientific stations whence the
totality of the eclipse Of the sun August
10Th could be viewed, the result was Verv
unsatisfactory, more especially at Shira-
kaWa, where the United States cXnc,!;iiou
under the direction Of Pro Ses3or 'l'0dd was
located. JWeptI. .niniitcs after the cclipsc
boS4n, the sun was hidden by the clouds
and remained hidden during the total
eclipse. 1t was like dark night, and the
face OF man standing at distance of three
or four feet could not be seen.
There has n"t .,ceu IA sank failure in
China sof nine hundred years, according 10
the London Telegraph. The reason for
TINS sound financicring in the Flowcry
Kingdom has escaped our learned British
contemporary. During the reign Of :nc
wise Emperor Iii Flung ap adict was issued
that upon tho failure Of bank the heads
OF the president, cashier and directors
should be struck off and piled up in corner
with the other assets. This simD}e bui
earnest edict has never Lcep repealed, and
the chinese bank has continued TO be ab0ys
both par and rcproach
The Hendricks monument to be set llp at
Indianapolis will be thirty two feet high,
and will cost $25, 000 1t will be composed
or red granite and bronze. Three steps
Will lead to the first base, on which will be
seated figure representing history. Rising
from the first base, which is SQUARE, is an
other base with corners of columns mounted
on tho Gaps with bronze oinamentation.
and rising from that il another base on
which bronze statue Of Mr.. Hendricks
will stand. The monument will be erected
on the StatcHouso grounds cast of the
Capitol
Who are the people that leave money on
deposit and fail to call for it? a Little in
formation on this DOint comes from Con